Dressmaker&#39;s tape



E. F. NORMAN DRESSMAKER Jan. 22, 1957 S TAPE Filed Dec. 3, 1953 I 2,778,113- DRESSMAKERS TAPE Edith F. Norman, Fox Lake, Ill. Application December 3, I953, SeriaI No. 395,990 Claims. (CL 33 -43) This invention relates to a dressmakers tape and more particularly to a paper tape for use by a woman in establishing a waistline for a garment while using herself as the model. This application is a continuation-in-part of applicants copending application Serial No. 340,605, filed March 5, 1953, for a Tape.

In applicants copending application, there is disclosed a tape having along its longitudinal median line a crease and spaced openings. This tape is drawn around the woman over the garment which is to be marked to show the correct position of the waist, or any part of the torso above or below the waist, with a crease outward, and either a string is run through the holes or the user draws a chalk along the crease and marks the garment at the openings.

The present invention seeks to overcome two practical difiiculties in this marking tape. As its first object, it seeks to eliminate the hook on the end of the tape which holds the tape by being inserted through one of the open ings. It is the equivalent of a buckle. The difiiculty arises from the fact that the openings are on at least one-inch centers, which means that in order to fasten the tape, one must do so by at least one-inch steps. This suflicient to hold the tape tightly, or if the next opening is used, the opening may be When this tape is applied to the body, the cross section which when fiat was U-shaped with two surfaces flat against each other, spreads to a V-shape so that the chalk will accurately follow the median line of the tape and intercept the holes.

These and such other objects of the invention as may hereinafter appear are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view partly cut away of the punched strip of crinkled paper;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the strip after folding thereby forming applicants tape but without the end hook;

Fig. 3 is a Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 illustrates a mandrel around which the tape is drawn and then pressed;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the tape in finished form;

cross section taken on the line 3-3 of 2,778,113 Patented Jan. 22', 1957 the tape folded and in a transparent bag Fig. 6 shows for sale; and,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the tape on the user;

Continuing to refer to the The teardrop shape is satisfactory, but a lozenge or even circu section. serrated and provide additional strength.

any one of the openings 14 or around the waistline. In Fig.

the tape 10 The tape is then stretched around a mandrel 24, see

Fig. 4, and as the stretching proceeds, it is pressed con-' currently with heat, as with a flat iron. The crinkles are flattened out in proportion to their various positions in the curved tape that The result is a substantially circular tape 26 illustrated in Fig. 5. The tape is a substantially rigid arc and it may be folded gito 60 arcs and packaged in a bag 34 as illustrated in Referring to Fig. 7, applican'ts belt is line position 42 around movethe bow back and diameter unchalked not interfere with the ment while moving the string forth by an inch. or so. A small string may be used and it will use of a piece of chalk.

Having thus described my invention, what -I claim is: of making a curved strip of transversely crinkled to form a two-layer strip, a mandrel with the the paper surfaces in planes substantially at of paper, said paper being transversely crinkled, and a fold extendinglongitudinally of said strip of paper to provide a U cross section when the tape is flat, there being a row of spaced openings through the paper along the fold for substantially the entire length of the strip.

3. A dressmakers tape comprising an elongated strip of transversely crinkled paper, and a fold extending lengthwise of said strip to provide a U cross section, said strip being arcuate in plan view when lying fiat with the fold on the inner periphery of the are, there being a row of holes through the paper along the-fold for substantially the entire length of the strip. p v

4. A dressmakers tape comprising an elongated strip of paper, said paper being transversely crinkled,'a fold ex-r tending longitudinally of said strip of paper to provide a U cross section when the tape is flat, there being a row of spaced openings through the paper along the fold for substantially the entire length of the strip, a drawstring strip being arcuate in plan view when lying flat with the fold on the inner periphery of the are, there being a row having a length greater than that of the strip laced through the openings, and a marking compound removable by friction on said string.

5. A dressmakers tape comprising an elongated strip of transversely crinkled paper, and a fold extending lengthwise of said strip to provide a U cross section, said of holes through the paper along the fold for substantially the entire length of the strip, and a drawstring coated with a marking material removable by friction laced through said openings.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 800,696 Wagner Oct. 3, 1905 890,969 Dufault June 16, 1908 940,873 Hanrath Nov. 23, 1909 943,770 Curran Dec. 21, 1909 1,282,772 Dinhofer Oct. 29, 1918 1,979,789 Barrett Nov. 6, 1934 2,307,395 Dinhofer Jan. 5, 1943 2,319,724 Dinhofer May 18, 1943 

